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WARREN EUGENE KENERLY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – January 31, 1968
Service recordWarren Eugene Kenerly, of Griffin, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 19
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Griffin, Georgia (Spalding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 19
- ROBERT KEMELMACHERPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN KERRFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- GERALD CARL KINNYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- FREDRICK MARTIN KITTLECaptain · January 31, 1968
From Griffin
- JAMES EDWARD HARMONCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN KENNETH HELTONSergeant · July 6, 1967
- MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- DAVID MURPHYCorporal · April 23, 1968
- JAMES TERRY COGGINSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT REESEFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · March 24, 1969
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · November 29, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.